New books: June 2018

Acoustics

• Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical Structures–AVMS-2017, N. Herisanu, V. Marinca, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• New Acoustics Based on Metamaterials, W. S. Gan (Springer, 2018) $189.00

Astronomy and astrophysics

• Stardust Final Conference: Advances in Asteroids and Space Debris Engineering and Science, M. Vasile, E. Minisci, L. Summerer, P. McGinty, eds (Springer, 2018) $279.00

Atomic and molecular physics

• The Iodine Molecule: Insights into Intra- and INtermolecular Perturbation in Diatomic Molecules, S. Lukashov, A. Petrov, A. Pravilov (Springer, 2018) $129.00

Biological and medical physics

• Advances in Personalized Nanotherapeutics, A. Kaushik, ed (Springer, 2017) $189.00
• Bone Adaptation: In Silico Approach, Y. Kameo, K.-i. Tsubota, T. Adachi (Springer, 2017) $129.00
• Cellular Imaging: Electron Tomography and Related Techniques, E. Hanssen, ed (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks, A. Berea (Springer, 2017) $89.99
• Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA): From A to Z, S. Hosseini, P. Váquez-Villegas, M. Rito-Palomares, S. O. Martinez-Chapa (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• The Essential Tension: Cooperation and Competition in Biological Evolution, S. Bahar (Springer, 2017) $89.00
• Intangible Life: Functorial Connections in Relational Biology, A. H. Louie (Springer, 2017) $119.00
• Interfacial Phenomena on Biological Membranes, M. Arakha, S. Jha (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Membrane Organization and Dynamics, A. Chattopadhyay, ed (Springer, 2017) $189.00
• Some Critical Questions in Biological Physics: A Guided Tour Around the Bugbears, T. Waigh (IOP Publishing, 2017) $150.00
• Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, P. O. J. Scherer, S. F. Fischer (Springer, 2017) $109.00
• Ultrafast Dynamics at the Nanoscale: Biomolecules and Supramolecular Assemblies, Irene Burghardt, Stefan Haacke, eds (Pan Stanford, 2016) $179.95

Chemical physics

• Chemical Reactions: Basic Theory and Computing, A. Laganá, G. A. Parker (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Gel Chemistry: Interactions, Structure and Properties, J. Zhang, Y. Hu, Y. Li (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Models of Thermochemical Heat Storage, C. Lehmann, O. Kolditz, T. Nagel (Springer, 2017) $54.00
• Spin Chemical Physics of Graphene, E. F. Sheka (Pan Stanford, 2017) $149.95

Computers and computational physics

• CFD Techniques and Thermo-Mechanics Applications, Z. Driss, B. Necib, H.-C. Zhang, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers and Scientists, S. Jayanti (Springer, 2018) $109.00
• Invasive Computing for Mapping Parallel Programs to Many-Core Architectures, A. Weichslgartner, S. Wildermann, M. Glaß, J. Teich (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Practical Information Security: A Compentency-Based Education Course, I. Alsmadi et al (Springer, 2018) $89.99

Condensed-matter physics

• Skyrmions in Condensed Matter, J. H. Han (Springer, 2017) $159.00
• Solid State Properties: From Bulk to Nano, M. Dresselhaus, G. Dresslhaus, S. B. Cronin, A. Gomes Souza Filho (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Topology and Condensed Matter Physics, S. M. Bhattacharjee, M. Mj, A. Bandyopadhyay, eds (Hindustan Book Agency and Springer, 2017) $159.00

Cosmology and relativity

• Gravity! The Quest for Gravitational Waves, P. Binetruy (Oxford U. Press, 2017) $25.95

Device physics

• 5G and E-Band Communication Circuits in Deep-Scaled CMOS, M. Vigilante, P. Reynaert (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Control Techniques for Power Converters with Integrated Circuit, W.-W. Chen, J.-F. Chen (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Costas Loops: Theory, Design, and Simulation, R. Best (Springer, 2018) $94.99
• Embedded Platforms for UAS Landing Path and Obstacle Detection: Integration and Development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, U. Papa (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Innovative Heat Exchangers, H.-J. Bart, S. Scholl, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Integrated Nanodevice and Nanosystem Fabrication: Breakthroughs and Alternatives, S. Deleonibus, ed (Pan Stanford, 2017) $179.95
• Miniature Fluidic Devices for Rapid Biological Detection, S.-H. Oh, C. Escobedo, A. G. Brolo, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Silicon Wet Bulk Micromachining for Mems, P. Pal, K. Sato (Pan Stanford, 2017) $149.95

Energy and environment

• Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Environment and Sustainability: A Review-Based Approach, K. Sridharan, ed (Springer, 2018) $54.00
• Nanotechnology, Food Security and Water Treatment, K. M. Gothandam et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, M. Cocca et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $199.00
• Renewable Energy and the Environment, Md. Rabiul Islam, N. K. Roy, S. Rahman, eds (Springer, 2018) $129.00

Fluids

• Aerostruct: Enable and Learn How to Integrate Flexibility in Design., R. Heinrich, ed (Springer, 2018) $259.00
• Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, S. H. Davis, P. Moin, eds (Annual Reviews, 2018) $112.00
• Applications Paradigms of Droplet and Spray Transport: Paradigms and Applications, S. asu, A. K. Agarwal, A. Mukhopadhyay, C. Patel, eds (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Axial Turbine Aerodynamics for Aero-engines: Flow Analysis and Aerodynamics Design, Z. Zou, S. Wang, H. Liu, W. Zhang (Springer and Shanghai Jiao Tong U. Press, 2018) $289.00
• Blast Effects: Physical Properties of Shock Waves, I. Sochet, ed (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Elements of Vorticity Aerodynamics, J. C. Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong U. and Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Longwave Instabilities and Patterns in Fluids, S. Shklyaev, A. Nepomnyashchy (Birkhäuser, 2018) $139.00

Geophysics

• The Double Constraint Inversion Methodology: Equations and Applications in Forward and Inverse Modeling of Groundwater Flow, W. Zijl, F. De Smedt, M. El-Rawy, O. Batelaan (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• Earth Observation, Open Science and Innovation, P.-P. Mathieu, C. Aubrecht, eds (Springer, 2017) $59.99
• Earthquakes and Multi-Hazards Around the Pacific Rim, Vol. I, Y. Zhang et al., eds (Birkhäuser, 2018) $59.00
• Global Tsunami Science: Past and Future. Volume II, A. B. Rabinovich, H. M. Fritz, Y. Tanioka, E. L. Geist, eds (Birkhäuser, 2017) $139.00
• Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, 20 Years: Two Decades of Research and Experimentation on Claystones for Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, P. Bossart, A. G. Milnes, eds (Birkhäuser, 2018) $74.00
• A Photographic Atlas of Flood Basalt Volcanism, H. Sheth (Springer, 2018) $269.00
• Practical Handbook of Earth Science, J. H. Hodgkinson, F. D. Stacey (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2018) $150.00
• Tsunami Propagation in Tidal Rivers, E. Tolkova (Springer, 2018) $54.99

History and philosophy

• The Computability of the World: How Far can Science Take Us?, B.-O. Kuppers (Springer, 2018) $29.00
• The Correspondence of John Tyndall, R. Barton, J. Rankin, M. S. Reidy, eds (U. of Pittsburgh, 2017) $125.00
• Erwin Schrodinger’s Color Theory: Translated with Modern Commentary, K. K. Niall, ed (Springer, 2017) $139.00
• Getting Science Wrong: Why Philosophy of Science Matters, P. Dicken (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018) $22.95
• A Hospitable Universe: Addressing Ethical and Spiritual Concerns in Light of Recent Scientific Discoveries, R. Gambini, J. Pullin (Imprint Academic, 2018) $39.90
• A Lady Mathematician in this Strange Universe: Memoirs, Y. Choquet-Bruhat (World Scientific, 2018) $88.00
• The Laser Inventor: Memoirs of Theodore H. Maiman, T. H. Maiman (Springer, 2018) $34.00
• Macroscopic Metaphysics: Middle-Sized Objects and Longish Processes, P. Neeham (Springer, 2017) $99.99
• Making Time: Astronomical Time Measurement in Tokugawa Japan, Y. Frumer (U. Chicago Press, 2018) $45.00
• The Map and the Territory: Exploring the Foundations of Science, Thought and Reality, S. Wuppuluri, F. A. Doria (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• New Essays on Frege: Between Science and Literature, G. Bengstsson, S. Saatela, A. Pichler, eds (Springer, 2018) $99.99
• Tesla: Inventor of the Modern, R. Munson (W. W. Norton, 2018) $26.95
• When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, J. Holt (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) $28.00

Instrumentation and techniques

• Electrohydrodynamic Direct-Writing for Flexible Electronic Manufacturing, Z. Yin, Yongan Huang, Y. Duan, H. Zhang (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Experimental Approaches of NMR Spectroscopy: Methodology and Application to Life Science and Materials Science, The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan (Springer, 2017) $289.00
• Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, J. Goldstein et al (Springer, 2017) $129.00
• Wearable Sensors: Applications, Design and Implementation, S. Mukhopadhyay, T. Islam, eds (IOP Publishing, 2018) $150.00
• Zn0 Thin-Film Transistors for Cost-Efficient Flexible Electronics, F. F. Vidor, G. I. Wirth, U. Hilleringmann (Springer, 2018) $179.00

Materials science

• CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2018, L. Nastac et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $259.00
• Emerging Energetic Materials: Synthesis, Physicochemical and Detonation Properties, D. S. Viswanath, T. K. Ghosh, V. M. Boddu (Springer, 2017) $199.00
• Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials: Tribology and Applications, S. F. Ermakov, N. K. Myshkin (Springer, 2018) $179.00
• Nanoinformatics, I. Tanaka, ed (Springer, 2018) $59.99
• Spin Dynamics and Damping in Ferromagnetic Thin Films and Nanostructures, A. Barman, J. Sinha (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• Surfaces and Interfaces in Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites: Fundamentals, Modifications and Characterization, N. Le Moigne et al (Springer, 2018) $54.00

Miscellaneous

• The Science of Baseball: Modeling Bat-Ball Collisions and the Flight of the Ball, A. Terry Bahill (Springer, 2018) $34.00
• Twists, Tilings, and Tessellations: Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami, R. J. Lang (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2018) $55.96

Nonlinear science and chaos

• Econodynamics, V. N. Pokrovskii (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Energy, Information, Feedback, Adaptation and Self-organization: The Fundamental Elements of Life and Society, S. G. Tzafestas (Springer, 2018) $289.00
• Evolutionary Algorithms, Swarm Dynamics and Complex Networks: Methodology, Perspectives and Implementation, I. Zelinka, G. Chen, eds (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Galloping Instability to Chaos of Cables, A. C. J. Luo, B. Yu (Higher Education Press and Springer, 2017) $129.00
• Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications: Energy, Vibrations, and Modern Applications, L. Dai, R. N. Jazar, eds (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2: Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Optics and Condensed Matter, J. F. R. Archilla et al., eds (Springer, 2018) $169.00
• Quantum Theory from a Nonlinear Perspective: Riccati Equations in Fundamental Physics, D. Schuch (Springer, 2018) $109.00
• Self-Organizing Coalitions for Managing Complexity: Agent-Based Simulation of Evolutionary Game Theory Models using Dynamic Social Networks for Interdisciplinary Applications, J. C. Burguillo (Springer, 2018) $179.00
• Why We Live in Hierarchies?: A Quantative Treatise, A. Zafeiris, T. Vicsek (Springer, 2018) $54.99

Nuclear physics

• Combined Cycle Driven Efficiency for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants: An Innovative Design Approach, B. Zohuri, P. McDaniel (Springer, 2018) $189.00

Optics and photonics

• Air Lasing, P. Polynkin, Y. Cheng, eds (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Exploring the World with the Laser: Dedicated to Theodor Hansch on His 75th Birthday, D. Meschede, T. Udem, T. Esslinger, eds (Springer, 2017) $189.00
• Green Photonics and Electronics, G. Eisenstein, D. Bimberg, eds (Springer, 2017) $129.00
• Introduction to Optics, F. L. Pedrotti, L. M. Pedrotti, L. S. Pedrotti (Cambridge U. Press, 2017) $69.99
• Optical and Wireless Technologies: Proceedings of OWT 2017, V. Janyani, M. Tiwari, G. Singh, P. Minzioni, eds (Springer, 2018) $259.00
• Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science XIII, K. Yamanouchi, W. T. Hill, G. G. Paulus, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Springer Series in LIght Scattering. Vol. 1: Multiple Light Scattering, Radiative Transfer and Remote Sensing, A. Kokhanovsky, ed (Springer, 2018) $189.00
• Springer Series in Light Scattering: Volume 2: Light Scattering, Radiative Transfer and Remote Sensing, A. Kokhanovsky, ed (Springer, 2018) $189.00

Particle physics

• Special Issue on Nucleon Resonances, E. Santopinto, R. Gothe, V. I. Mokeev, eds (Springer, 2018) $59.00

Plasmas and fusion

• High-Energy-Density Physics: Foundation of Inertial Fusion and Experimental Astrophysics, R. P. Drake (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Thermal Plasma Processing of Ilmenite, S. Samal (Springer, 2018) $54.00

Popularizations

• Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics, J. Butterworth (The Experiment, 2017) $19.95
• Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System, N. Starkey (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018) $27.00
• Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World, L. Johnson, J. E. Meany (Prometheus Books, 2018) $19.00
• Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth, A. Frank (W. W. Norton, 2018) $26.95
• Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, S. Hossenfelder (Basic Books, 2018) $30.00
• Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence, T. Walsh (Prometheus Books, 2018) $16.00
• Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life, R. R. Gould (Harvard U. Press, 2018) $24.95
• Digestible Quantum Field Theory, A. Smilga (Springer, 2017) $59.99

Society and government

• A Fresh View on the Outer Space Treaty, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• Women in Security: Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation, D. A. Christofferson (Springer, 2017) $109.00

Space and planetary science

• Biotechnology in Space, G. Ruyters, C. Betzel, D. Grimm (Springer, 2017) $54.99
• Building Habitats on the Moon: Engineering Approaches to Lunar Settlements, H. Benaroya (Springer, 2018) $39.00
• Low Earth Orbit Satellite Design, G. Sebestyen, S. Fujikawa, N. Galassi, A. Chuchra (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Magnetic Fields in the Solar System: Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions, H. Lühr, J. Wicht, S. A. Gilder, M. Holschneider, eds (Springer, 2017) $189.00
• Miles’ Equation in Random Vibrations: Theory and Applications in Spacecraft Structures Design, J. Wijker (Springer, 2018) $129.00
• Navigation and Guidance of Orbital Transfer Vehicle, X. Li, C. Li (Springer, 2017) $129.00
• Space Resource Utilization: A View from an Emerging Space Faring Nation, A. Froehlich, ed (Springer, 2017) $169.00

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

• Statistical Physics and Computational Methods for Evolutionary Game Theory, M. A. Javarone (Springer, 2018) $54.99

Texts and education

• Conquering the Physics GRE, Y. Kahn, A. Anderson (Cambridge U.Press, 2018) $34.99
• Exploring ODEs, L. N. Trefethen, Á Birkisson, T. A. Driscoll (SIAM, 2018) $64.00
• Perspectives on Statistical Thermodynamics, Y. Oono (Cambridge U. Press, 2017) $69.99
• Problems in Classical Electromagnetism: 157 Exercises with Solutions, A. Macchi, G. Moruzzi, F. Pegoraro (Springer, 2017) $89.99
• Introductory Quantum Mechanics: A Traditional Approach Emphasizing Connections with Classical Physics, P. R. Berman (Springer, 2018) $69.99

Theory and mathematical methods

• Computing Highly Oscillatory Integrals, A. Deano, D. Huybrechs, A. Iserles (SIAM, 2017) $79.00
• Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society, A. Bunde J. Caro, J, Karger, G. Vogl, eds (Springer, 2018) $139.00
• A Finite Element Primer for Beginners: The Basics, T. I. Zohdi (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Fractional Diffusion Equations and Anomalous Diffusion, L. R. Evangelista, E. K. Lenzi (Cambridge U. Press, 2018) $89.99
• Geometric Methods in Physics XXXV, P. Kielanowski, A. Odzijewicz, E. Previato, eds (Birkhäuser, 2017) $99.00
• hp-Version Discontinuous Galerkin Methods on Polygonal and Polyhedral Meshes, A. Cangiani, Z. Dong, E. H. Georgoulis, P. Houston (Springer, 2017) $54.00
• An Introduction to Finite Tight Frames, S. F. D. Waldron (Birkhäuser, 2018) $89.00
• Introduction to Random Matrices: Theory and Practice, G. Livan, M. Novaes, P. Vivo (Springer, 2018) $54.99
• A Journey Around the Different Scales Involved in the Description of Matter and Complex Systems: A Brief Overview with Special Emphasis on Kinetic Theory Approaches, F. Chinesta, E. Abisset-Chavanne (Springer, 2018) $54.00
• Mathematical Physical Chemistry: Practical and Intuitive Methodology, S. Hota (Springer, 2018) $279.00
• Mechanics: From Newton’s Laws to Deterministric Chaos, F. Scheck (Springer, 2018) $119.00
• Physical and Mathematical Aspects of Symmetries, S. Duarte et al., eds (Springer, 2017) $179.00
• Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, D. Fedorov, ed (Springer, 2018) $49.00
• Quantitative Semiotic Analysis, D. Compagno, ed (Springer, 2018) $99.00
• Schramm-Loewner Evolution, A. Kemppainen (Springer, 2017) $54.99
• Spectral Theory and Quantum Mechanics: Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Theories, Symmetries and Introduction to the Algebraic Formulation, V. Moretti (Springer, 2017) $99.00